A true dog lover, Seth Sachson heads the Aspen Animal Shelter. He hosts several national radio shows related to animal issues.

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Seth Sachson heads the Aspen Animal Shelter. Here he and his pack enjoy the snow.

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Seth Sachson heads the Aspen Animal Shelter. A chance encounter with a guy he later came to learn was a top dog with Sirius radio has led to Seth doing national radio shows related to animal issues.

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Michelle Cools displays one of the hoodies she designs and makes.

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Cools makes bags and and pillows, lot’s of accessories.

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She makes bags and and pillows, lot’s of accessories.

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Michelle Cools models some of her creations in front of one of the hoodies she designs and makes.

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Designer and seamstress Michelle Cools in her new shop in Fruita.

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Cools works on her serger at her shop.

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Amy Agapito negotiates a technical area along the Kids Meal trail in the Lunch Loop area.

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The wear and tear of trail riding can be seen on Amy Agapito’s shoes, which feature a cross that fits into the pedals on her mountain bike.

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One of the advantages about mountain biking in this area is access to the spectacular scenery. With formations of the Colorado National Monument in the background, Amy Agapito gazes out over the landscape view from a hilltop along the trail.

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Amy Agapito rests for a moment without getting off of her bike by putting her foot on a rock jutting up by the trail. Mountain bikers keep an eye out for such rocks to take breaks, she said.

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A special case holds the Golden Ice Axe Award, the “Piolet d’Or,” that Vince Anderson and his partner Steve House won in 2006 for a Sept., 2005 climb of the rupal face of Pakistan’s Nanga Parbat. The climb was 26,000 feet from base to summit. To date, Anderson and House are the only two climbers from North America to have ever won the Piolet d’Or.

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Vince Anderson reaches for a new hand hold as he free climbs Bullet Hole Rock off of Monument Road.

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Mountaineer Vince Anderson holds the Golden Ice Axe Award, the “Piolet d’Or,” that he and his partner Steve House won in 2006 for a Sept., 2005 climb of the rupal face of Pakistan’s Nanga Parbat. The climb was 26,000 feet from base to summit. To date, Anderson and House are the only two climbers from North America to have ever won the Piolet d’Or.

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Vince Anderson reaches for a new hand hold as he free climbs a boulder in the Bullet Hole Rock area off of Monument Road.

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Dan Gannon holds a cotter pin, a nickel and a quarter that he found in the gutter at the World Trade Center following the 9-11 attack in 2001. He moved away from New York City soon after.

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Memorabilia from his days as a television producer decorate the walls of Dan Gannon’s office at his home in Paonia.

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The pastoral setting of Dan Gannon’s Paonia home with a backyard view of the West Elk mountains stands in stark contrast to the hustle and bustle of the big city where he was a producer for “Larry King Live.”

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Gannon holds up to the window light an unusual souvenir of his time as producer of the “Larry King Live” show—light pegs from the state of Florida from the United States map in King’s set.

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In his garage, Dan Gannon is restoring a 1991 Cadillac limosine family car that he purchased from a funeral home. “It’s like driving a living room,” he said. Gannon, a 32nd degree Mason and Senior Grand Warden of the Masoniuc Grand Lodge of Colorado, uses the car on Masonic business.

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Kim Hollingshead, deputy coroner and writer of colorful, opinion-filled news releases. A former emergency responder and business owner, he is the public face of the coroner’s office.

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Kim Hollingshead, deputy coroner and writer of colorful, opinion-filled news releases. A former emergency responder and business owner, he is the public face of the coroner’s office.

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In addition to three bachelor degrees and a masters degree, Dr. Timothy Winegard holds a PhD. in history from St. Antony’s College at the University of Oxford in England. He has written several books and is now working on another at his Grand Junction home.

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A Canadian from southern Ontario, Tim Winegard is a Detroit Red Wings fan and plays hockey himself.

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A big hockey fan himself, Tim Winegard met his wife Becky at a hockey game he was attending in Washington, D.C.

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Noemi sings John Lennon’s “Imagine” as Kristof backs her.

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Kristof greets a friend’s dog in his studio.

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Noemi Kosmowski and her cat, Reni.

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The couple goof around in their stairway filled with their work.

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Kristof with a work in progress in his studio.

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Kristof and Noemi Kosmowski truck past a large mural they painted in Glenwood Springs.

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The Kosmowskis at one of the utility boxes they painted in Glenwood Springs.

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Noemi holds two of her dogs in front of her “vision board” in her studio.